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BattleTech is an animated television series based on the BattleTech fictional universe, produced for syndication by Saban Entertainment in 1994. [1] Written by Robert N. Skir and Marty Isenberg, the series ran for 13 episodes and focused on the character of Adam Steiner, a military officer in the distant future who struggles to liberate his home planet from an attacking faction.
The BattleTech franchise first extended beyond the tabletop wargame format with the release of MechWarrior, a role-playing game in which players portray BattleMech pilots or other characters in the 31st century. The RPG system has been republished in several editions and expanded by various sourcebooks and supplements.
Many BattleTech readers got their first taste of the BattleTech universe with the release of BattleTech-licensed PC games in the 1990's. FASA continued to release books after the PC game release of MechWarrior (1989) with its storyline c.3024-3028 (in the "Late Succession War: Renaissance" period).
MechWarrior: Third Edition (FASA Corporation, 1999) [4] Reprinted as Classic BattleTech RPG (FanPro, 2006). [5] To reduce confusion between WizKids' MechWarrior: Dark Age games and the MechWarrior roleplaying game, FanPro renamed this reprint as Classic BattleTech RPG. BattleTech: A Time of War (Catalyst Game Labs, November 2010) [6] Reprinted ...
He was a writer for BattleTech's fiction. His best-known book in the MechWarrior: Dark Age line was Surrender Your Dreams. Hour of the Wolf, written by Pardoe, is Catalyst Game Lab's bestselling BattleTech novel. He contributed stories to the online pay-to-read fiction website Battlecorps. [citation needed]
BattleTech shares a setting with the original board game, now called Classic BattleTech.The game takes place during the 3025 Succession Wars Era, in which powerful noble houses employ an ever-shrinking number of giant fighting vehicles called battlemechs ('mechs for short), piloted by individuals called MechWarriors, to fight for control of the Inner Sphere.
Loren L. Coleman is an American science-fiction writer, born and grew up in Longview, Washington.He is known for having written many books for series such as Star Trek, Battletech/Mechwarrior, Age of Conan, Crimson Skies, Magic: The Gathering and others.
BattleTech is a turn-based multiplayer game, typically played on a map divided into hexagonal grids with figurines or counters representing military units. Paper record sheets provide detailed information about each unit, including its armament, armor and equipment, and are used to track damage, heat buildup, ammunition and various other data.